I’d like to know if there’s a solution to my problem.
My main router is Cisco (not managed by me), with 2 VLANs, because there’s no DHCP I’m using HEX as a DHCP server and NAT (for each of the VLANs), this is used only for WLAN APs (both VLANs, different subnets, 2 DHCP servers). HEX has a static IP.
My question is how can I enable the wireless clients to be able to print to the network printer (which has a static IP) on the main network (the printer is behind NAT from the AP client’s view).
For me it looks like this.
Someone has setup a network with a Cisco router and two separate vlan.
Then you are making a bridge between those two vlan using a hex. (breaking the security of the net)
The Cisco router can be DHCP, handle the printing traffic.
So why not just ask the owner of the Cisco router to fix this?
I’m not breaking any security or anything… I have to elaborate a bit.
All devices behind Cisco router get a static public IP address, there’s no DHCP server on the Cisco (and there won’t be one - against their policy), everything is closed off with access lists (or so I am told). I was instructed to setup my own DHCP/NAT, and I was given one public IP per VLAN. So in order to have a functional WLAN I had to setup my own DHCP server (which was signed off by the Cisco manager). The client now wishes to have access to the printer (which is also on a public ip) from WLAN - the whole point of opening this topic.